Ordinance 4294ORDINANCE NO. 4294
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING EDMONDS CITY CODE
SECTION 8.48.215 REGARDING PARKING INFRACTION
PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND
SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Chapter 8.48 of the Edmonds City Code (ECC) regards parking infractions;
and
WHEREAS, Section 8.48.215 regards parking infraction penalties, and currently provides
that a person who has received a notice of parking infraction must respond to the notice within 15
days;and
WHEREAS, RCW 46.63.060 and RCW 46.63.070 have been amended to expand the time
for a person who has received a notice of traffic infraction to respond to that infraction from 15
days to 30 days; and
WHEREAS, the City of Edmonds has determined to amend the ECC to comport with the
timeline established in state statute;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 8.48.215 of the ECC, entitled "Parking infraction penalties," is
hereby amended to read as follows (new text is shown in underline; deleted text is shown in stt=ike-
through):
8.48.215 Parking infraction penalties.
A. Any person who commits a parking infraction shall be assessed the following civil
penalty, unless otherwise provided herein:
1. All parking infractions, whether on public streets or within lots, except as detailed in
subsection (A)(2) of this section: $40.00;
2. Unauthorized handicapped zone parking: $450.00.
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B. Repeat Violations Within One Calendar Year.
1. For persons who commit repeated parking violations within one calendar year, the
penalty shall stand as stated in subsection (A) of this section, except as set forth below; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be interpreted to prohibit the court from imposing additional
penalties and costs for late payment.
2. For the second violation, the penalty listed in subsection (A) of this section, with the
exception of subsection (A)(2) of this section, shall be $40.00. For the third violation, the penalty
listed in subsection (A) of this section shall be increased to $80.00 and all subsequent violations
within one calendar year shall pay a civil penalty equal to $160.00 per violation.
3. Each subsequent violation of the posted period of parking time constitutes another
violation. Calculation of the new period of parking time begins immediately after a notice of
infraction has been issued.
4. Any person who remains free of parking infractions for one calendar year shall revert to
the base fine set forth in subsection (A) of this section to the end that, after a one-year period free
of violation, the offense shall be considered a first offense.
C. Any person who commits a parking infraction, and who fails to respond to the notice of
that infraction within ~30 days of its issuance, shall be assessed a late fee of $20.00. Such penalty
shall be in addition to any other penalties or fines imposed for failure to respond to a notice of
parking infraction.
D. "Person" as used in this section shall refer to the registered owner of the vehicle found
to be in violation of the parking provisions of this chapter.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, subsection, clause, sentence, or phrase of this
ordinance should be held invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance is subject to referendum and shall take effect
thirty (30) days after final passage of this ordinance.
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ATTEST/ AUTHENTICATED:
~SEY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY~
JEFF TARADAY ---=
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK:
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL:
PUBLISHED:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
ORDINANCE NO.
APPROVED:
February 24, 2023
February 28 , 2023
March 3, 2023
April 2, 2023
4294
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 4294
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 28 th day of February, 2023, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 4294. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, AMENDING EDMONDS CITY CODE
SECTION 8.48.215 REGARDING PARKING
INFRACTION PENALTIES; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 28 th day of February, 2023.
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Everett Daily Herald
Affidavit of Publication
State of Washington }
County of Snohomish } ss
Michael Gates being first duly sworn, upon
oath deposes and says: that he/she is the legal
representative of the Everett Daily Herald a
daily newspaper. The said newspaper is a legal
newspaper by order of the superior court in the
county in which it is published and is now and
has been for more than six months prior to the
date of the first publication of the Notice
hereinafter referred to, published in the English
language continually as a daily newspaper in
Snohomish County, Washington and is and
always has been printed in whole or part in the
Everett Daily Herald and is of general
circulation in said County, and is a legal
newspaper, 111 accordance with the Chapter 99
of the Laws of 1921, as amended by Chapter
213, Laws of I 941, and approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Superior Court of
Snohomish County, State of Washington, by
order dated June 16, 1941, and that the annexed
is a true copy of EDH972573 ORDINANCE NO.
4294 as it was published in the regular and
entire issue of said paper and not as a
supplement form thereof for a period of I
issue(s), such publication commencing on
03/03/2023 and ending on 03/03/2023 and that
said newspaper was regularly distributed to its
subscribers during all of said period.
The amount
$24.08.
Subscri~ and sworn ?'! ~ on this
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of 111.°li~l~AUa~mt.~ro:.RJngtcn
on 111• 2am clay or Feorua,y, 2023, lho Clly coun~ll or the C1ty of
Edmond>. pa .. ed Ille 'folbwllig Oldlnnnce, o,o aummaIY o f 101<1
orclnance oonsi,ing o!!l~e Is prcvlded a1 rolbWs:
ORD INANCE NO. 429•
AN OisDINANOE OF THE crrv OF EDMONDS.
WASHINGTON. AMENDING EDMONDS CITY COO E
secnoN 8.48 215 REGARDING PARl<,ING INFRACTION
PENA LTI ES: PROVIOlNG FOR SEVERA81LITY : AND
SETTING AN EFFECTIVE .DATE . gAA,egl~~f,8:c'b'Vr°Jfs~try, ion.
PIJ!>lilhed; l,l~ri:h~, 2023 , EDH972573
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